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Dead Man Walking is a 1995 American crime drama film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, and co-produced and directed by Tim Robbins, who adapted the screenplay from the 1993 non-fiction book of the same name.
Feb 2, 1996 · Dead Man Walking: Directed by Tim Robbins. With Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry. A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
Dead Man Walking. In an Oscar-winning role, Susan Sarandon portrays Sister Helen Prejean, a spiritual woman who embarks on a dangerous quest with a convicted killer and the profound changes it makes in her life. 1,322 IMDb 7.5 2 h 2 min 1996. X-Ray R.
As death row inmate Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) nears his execution date, he calls upon Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon) to help him with one last appeal, maintaining that he is...
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Jan 12, 1996 · Take your choice: (1) The prisoner is really innocent, and Sister Helen leads his 11th-hour defense as justice is done; (2) They fall in love with one another, she helps him escape, and they go on a doomed flight from the law; or, less likely, (3) She converts him to her religion, and he goes to his death praising Jesus.
A caring nun receives a desperate letter from a death row inmate trying to find help to avoid execution for murder. Over the course of the time to the convict's death, the nun begins to show empathy, not only with the pathetic man, but also with the victims and their families.
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Based on a true story. Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon) is a nun in rural Louisiana who receives a letter from Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn), a convict who is to be executed for...
Dec 29, 1995 · Overview. A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple. Tim Robbins. Director, Writer.
Dec 29, 1995 · Follows the relationship between a death-row inmate (Penn) and local nun (Sarandon) to whom he turns for spiritual guidance in the days leading up to his scheduled execution.
